| Description |
1 online resource (202 pages) |
| Series |
Alternative Criminology ; v. 26 |
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Alternative criminology series.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Carceral Care -- 2. A Blessing in Disguise -- 3. Halfway Home -- 4. Bridge Is Family -- 5. The Recovery Hustle -- 6. The Drug Crisis Outside the Door -- 7. No Narcotics -- 8. Leaving Bridge House -- 9. Alternatives -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
An inside look at the struggles former prisoners face in reentering society Every year, roughly 650,000 people prepare to reenter society after being released from state and federal prisons. In Halfway House, Liam Martin shines a light on their difficult journeys, taking us behind the scenes at Bridge House, a residential reentry program in Boston, Massachusetts. Drawing on three years of research, Martin explores the obstacles these former prisoners face in the real world. From drug addiction to poverty, he captures the ups and downs of life after incarceration in vivid, engaging detail. He shows us what, exactly, it is like to live in a halfway house, giving us a rare, up-close view of its role in a dense and often confusing web of organizations governing prisoner reentry. Martin asks us to rethink the possibilities--and pitfalls--of using halfway houses to manage the worst excesses of mass incarceration. A portrait of life in the long shadow of the carceral state, Halfway House lets us see the struggles of reentry through the eyes of former prisoners |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Alternatives to imprisonment -- United States -- Case studies
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Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies
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Halfway houses -- United States -- Case studies
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Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization -- United States -- Case studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Alternatives to imprisonment
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Criminals -- Rehabilitation
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Halfway houses
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Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1479800716 |
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9781479800711 |
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